Delivering Telebehavioral Health to Homebound Older Adults with Cognitive Disorders

Telebehavioral Health 501: Principles and Guidelines for Delivering Telebehavioral Health to Homebound Older Adults with Cognitive Disorders
Presentation date: 10-18-2024
Presenters:
Bruce Leff, MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Biography:
Dr. Leff is Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine. He cares for patients in the acute, ambulatory and home settings. His research focuses on novel models of care delivery for older adults, multi-morbidity, risk prediction, and quality improvement, with an emphasis on home-based models of care. He is Co-Lead of the Hospital at Home Users Group and also the National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network. He is past-President of the American Academy of Home Care Physicians.
Christine Ritchie, MD, MPH, Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Div Chief Physician Inv(C) Mongan Institute- CASI Prof, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital; Kenneth L. Minaker, MD Endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School; Physician Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
1. Describe home-based primary care and the population served
2. Describe potential unmet behavioral health needs among HBPC patients and their families
3. Describe opportunities to integrate telebehavioral health interventions in HBPC